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wayside shrine

religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway
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wayside shrine

Summary

wayside shrine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wayside shrine is in the country of Italy[2].
  • wayside shrine is a type of shrine[3].
  • wayside shrine is a type of small monument[4].
  • wayside shrine is a type of chapel-shrine[5].
  • wayside shrine's Commons category is recorded as Wayside shrines[6].
  • wayside shrine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wayside shrines[7].
  • wayside shrine's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=wayside_shrine[8].
  • wayside shrine's different from is recorded as tree shrine[9].
  • wayside shrine's different from is recorded as wayside cross[10].
  • wayside shrine's P14692 is recorded as Aachen cities region[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include shrine[3], small monument[4], and chapel-shrine[5].

Why It Matters

wayside shrine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). wayside shrine. Retrieved October 8, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wayside-shrine
MLA “wayside shrine.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 8 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wayside-shrine.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wayside-shrine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{wayside shrine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wayside-shrine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-08}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · JAn Dudík · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q14552192]]"
  2. 6d ago · Syrio · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 11
    Country → Italy
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/1229bpj2
    Image → Gutu sādžas krucifikss (2).jpg, Santella loc Giarelli - Nadro (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q3949323 */"
  3. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Aachen cities region
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → tree shrine, wayside cross
    Topic's main category → Category:Wayside shrines
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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